spinach
A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leavesA particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
» I can't get Tom to eat spinach.
Я не могу заставить Тома есть шпинат. — marafon
Я не можу умовити Тома поїсти шпинату. — deniko
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
Spinat
шпина́тšpinát
шпина́тšpynát
southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
(countable, uncountable)Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleracea is or resemble it in some way.
(countable, slang, uncountable)Thick rough.
That shot left me in the spinach!
Examples
125 sentencesI can't get Tom to eat spinach.
Я не можу умовити Тома поїсти шпинату. — deniko
ruЯ не могу заставить Тома есть шпинат. — marafon
Children often hate spinach.
Діти часто ненавидять шпинат. — deniko
ruЧасто дети ненавидят шпинат. — Hellerick
deKinder hassen oft Spinat. — MUIRIEL
I used to hate spinach.
Я колись ненавидів шпинат. — deniko
ruЯ раньше ненавидел шпинат. — Ivanovb
Eat your spinach.
Їж свій шпинат. — deniko
deEsst euren Spinat. — Augustus
Tom hated spinach.
Том ненавидів шпинат. — deniko
ruТом ненавидел шпинат. — marafon
deTom hasste Spinat. — Felixjp
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from OFrom Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Classical Persian اسپناخ (ispanāx, ispināx).
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Forms
plural: spinachesSynonyms
3 synonyms- southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves:spinach plantSpinacia oleracea
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
4 patterns- like spinach
- hate spinach
- didn't like spinach
- eat spinach